{"product_id":"enigma-variations-9781250159977","title":"Enigma Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Andr  Aciman, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e (now a major motion picture and the winner of the Oscar(TM) for Best Adapted Screenplay) comes \"a sensory masterclass, absorbing, intelligent, unforgettable\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnigma Variations\u003c\/i\u003e charts the life of a man named Paul, whose loves remain as consuming and as covetous throughout his adulthood as they were in his adolescence. Whether the setting is southern Italy, where as a boy he has a crush on his parents' cabinetmaker, or a snowbound campus in New England, where his enduring passion for a girl he'll meet again and again over the years is punctuated by anonymous encounters with men--whether he's on a tennis court in Central Park or on a New York sidewalk in early spring. Paul's attachments are ungraspable, transient, and forever underwritten by raw desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAhead of every step Paul takes, his hopes, denials, fears, and regrets are always ready to lay their traps. Yet the dream of love lingers. We may not always know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. But sooner or later, we discover who we've always known we were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Aciman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEight White Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut of Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFalse Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlibis, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarvard Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Proust Project\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by FSG). He teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and lives with his wife in Manhattan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619704770834,"sku":"9781250159977","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b10ad1f-095c-47d9-9ddc-27203e96a7dc.jpg?v=1732553988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/enigma-variations-9781250159977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}